| Caption | US Navy blimp L-8 delivering 300 pounds of spare parts for B-25 bombers to USS Hornet, off California, United States, 2 Apr 1942 ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force | ||||||||
| Identification Code | NH 53294 | ||||||||
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| Photo Size | 840 x 1,052 pixels | ||||||||
| Photos on Same Day | 2 Apr 1942 | ||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Pacific Ocean | ||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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2. David Stubblebine says:
19 Feb 2023 05:12:24 PM
Four months after this photo was taken, this airship became the center of a mystery that has never been solved. The airship drifted ashore from a patrol off the Golden Gate and crashed in a neighborhood south of San Francisco. There was no trace of the two crewmen and they have never been found.
19 Feb 2023 05:12:24 PM
Four months after this photo was taken, this airship became the center of a mystery that has never been solved. The airship drifted ashore from a patrol off the Golden Gate and crashed in a neighborhood south of San Francisco. There was no trace of the two crewmen and they have never been found.
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